Africa’s Rocks Hold Ancient Stories. We Need Better Ways to Document and Protect Them
Africa has some of the world’s most important geological landscapes, yet they remain under-represented in digital geoheritage research.
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Along Nigeria’s ‘Spiritual Highway’, Prayer Camps Create a New Urban Future
The vast prayer camps challenge stereotypes of Nigerian cities as chaotic, dysfunctional, and driven by religious tension.
Archaeology Has Evolved: Four Eras of Understanding Africa’s Past
Archaeology can repair past harm, create work for people in the present and preserve cultural heritage for the future.
Shopping for God in Lagos: What Is Chrislam?
To secure health and wealth, many people combine elements from different religious traditions. One such movement is Chrislam.
Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: How the Famous Pianist Began to Shape an African Jazz Sound
In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.
Ma Vesta Smith: Why This Unsung Activist Matters 50 Years After the Soweto Uprising
She was a trusted mentor to young militants whose 1976 uprising shaped the country forever.
Forced Labour in West African Cybercrime Academies: How Fear Traps Young Men
Understanding what drives recruitment into these academies is not a defence of fraud. It is a precondition for dismantling it.
Cameroon’s Sacred and Royal Animals: Could Literature and Futures Thinking Help Save Them?
Literature about royal animals was used in workshops to imagine better futures.
Take Me to the River: Baptisms in Joburg’s Polluted Water
Years of systemic failures have poisoned the Klip River
Pentecostal Churches Are a Place of Everyday Care, Not Just Bizarre Spectacle: Southern African Study
In most churches, religious life forms around friendships, love, emotional support and social events.
Oude Molen Eco Village’s Fight for Survival
A heritage assessment was rejected but the Western Cape Government will appeal
Prophets and Profits: The Art of the Sell in Shepherd Bushiri’s YouTube Sermons
‘Prophetpreneurship’ is a strategic blend of prophecy, charisma and business.
Clergy Wives in Ghana Can Be Powerful – But It Takes Constant Bargaining With Men
Ghanaian clergy wives constantly bargain for space.
Celebrities Are Dealing with Mental Illness Stigma Behind Closed Doors – Why Speaking up Matters
Celebrity stories show that prayer plays a central role in how celebrities and Ghanaians cope with mental illness.
How a Rural Ritual With Links to Witchcraft Became an Urban Staple
Night running is seen as a form of spiritual possession in the communities where it’s common.
Family Time: How to Survive – And Even Thrive – Over the Holidays
Trust, care and belonging are the foundation for families thriving.
Palm Trees in Africa Are in Decline: These Botanists Made a Plan to Do Something About It
Palms play a vital role in food, culture and livelihoods. A new pan-African network aims to study, protect and conserve the continent’s unique and rare palm trees.
Shell’s Wild Coast Seismic Blasting Case Goes to the Concourt
Communities and environmental groups will challenge a Supreme Court of Appeal order allowing Shell to apply to renew oil exploration
Satanic Panic: 5 ‘Occult’ Crimes That Gripped South Africa’s Imagination
From demon-possessed killers to charismatic cultists, it can sometimes seem as though South Africa is at war with evil itself.
God and Nollywood: How Pentecostal Churches Have Shaped Nigerian Film
Evangelical filmmakers turned prayers into special effects and spiritual battles into dramatic storylines and created a new genre.
Christians and the British Empire: How a Church NGO Got Entangled in Colonial Violence in Kenya
The Christian Council of Kenya got involved in a violent colonial effort to rehabilitate independence fighters. It saw this as an opportunity to evangelise.
Cape Union Mart and Pro-palestine Activists Gear up for Court Battle
Company owner Philip Krawitz denies funding Israel’s army
Devil Worship, Muti and Murder: What’s Behind the Growth of Occult Gangs in South Africa
There are about 40 occult-related gangs operating in one province. Understanding what draws young people to them is key to combating them.